Pa. reviewing Sandusky's pension

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pennsylvania’s public employee pension system says it will review the status of Jerry Sandusky’s pension now that he has been sentenced in the child sexual abuse scandal.

A spokeswoman for the State Employees’ Retirement System says the agency will decide whether Sandusky’s conviction on 45 sexual abuse counts has triggered forfeiture of his pension. The former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison.

Sandusky’s lawyer, Karl Rominger, contends the pension system has no legal grounds for revoking Sandusky’s pension. He says Sandusky will fight any attempt to do so.

Sandusky’s pension is a reported $59,000 per year. He also collected a $148,000 lump sum payment when he retired from the university in 1999.